{"id":1938,"date":"2012-01-12T18:16:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2012-01-12T18:16:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:16:22","slug":"we-will-qualify-for-london-olympics-sardara-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1938","title":{"rendered":"We will qualify for London Olympics: Sardara Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/sardara%20singh.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sardara Singh\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>India\u2019s  star hockey player Sardara Singh, who recently made his way into the  World XI team for the second time, says that Indian team is all prepared  for the Olympic qualifiers and that the players are confident enough to  book their berth to the London Olympics. In an interview with <strong>Rajorshi Moitra of Indian Sports News, Sardara <\/strong>talks about the team\u2019s progress, its confidence and its preparation for the Olympic qualifiers. <strong>Excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISN: How is the team shaping up and what are your strategies for the upcoming Olympic qualifiers?<br \/>Sardara: <\/strong>We  are enjoying our practice sessions. Everything is going good and the  team is coming up really well.\u00a0 We do our practice in two shifts and as  far as strategy is concern, there is no particular planning as such. We  just want to perform well and qualify for the London Olympics. Michael  Nobbs as a coach is great background support and he is helping us a lot  and having said that he is also motivating every players.<br \/><strong><br \/>ISN: Are you all confident enough to book a berth to London Olympics? <br \/>Sardara: <\/strong>To  us every match is important and we play with a motive to win. The  coming qualifiers is very important for us and we are hoping to win  every match with a good margin. Yes we are confident but we are not over  confident. We are gaining more faith in ourselves with each passing  day. We are not targeting any particular team. To us every team has a  potential to play good hockey and so do we.<br \/><strong><br \/>ISN: But will the 2008 qualifiers come to haunt you all this time?<br \/>Sardara: <\/strong>We  are not taking any pressure on us. What has happened in the past is  past. We really don\u2019t care. What matters is how we do in the upcoming  matches. Players are putting up their 100 per cent and we will surely  make it this time. Winning and losing are part and parcel of game.<br \/><strong><br \/>ISN: What is yours strategy regarding the five Test series against South Africa?<br \/>Sardara: <\/strong>Only  to focus on the game. We will have to make sure that we don\u2019t give any  short corner goal to the opponent. South Africa is a good side and we  have to play some good hockey so that we can dominate the opponent and  win the match.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/><strong><br \/>ISN: According to Michael Nobbs, Indian team is playing more of attacking hockey now?<br \/>Sardara: <\/strong>Michael  Nobbs has changed our game style and nowadays we focusing more on  attacking hockey. It will lead us in scoring more goals. Our speed has  increased a lot and we can really give tough fight to the opponents.  That doesn\u2019t mean we are only playing attacking hockey. We are also  playing our natural game, as we have portrayed in the past.<br \/><strong><br \/>ISN: What is your opinion about your fitness training coach?<br \/>Sardara: <\/strong>Having  David John as trainer has been a great support. Every player is fit and  strong. Players have gone through several camps and they are showing  good results.\u00a0 As we are playing attacking hockey, fitness plays a vital  role. It will equally help us in scoring many goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/sardara%20singh.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sardara Singh\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>India\u2019s  star hockey player Sardara Singh, who recently made his way into the  World XI team for the second time, says that Indian team is all prepared  for the Olympic qualifiers and that the players are confident enough to  book their berth to the London Olympics. In an interview with <strong>Rajorshi Moitra of Indian Sports News, Sardara <\/strong>talks about the team\u2019s progress, its confidence and its preparation for the Olympic qualifiers. <strong>Excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-hockey-hockey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We will qualify for London Olympics: Sardara Singh - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1938\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We will qualify for London Olympics: Sardara Singh - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"India\u2019s star hockey player Sardara Singh, who recently made his way into the World XI team for the second time, says that Indian team is all prepared for the Olympic qualifiers and that the players are confident enough to book their berth to the London Olympics. 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